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MaKaylah Edwards

Case from Riverdale, GA dated Nov 24, 2022

Victim Details

MaKaylah Edwards

Female

Black / African American

Riverdale

GA

2022-11-24

16

MaKaylah

Edwards

07/06/2026

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In a tragic and violent end to a domestic dispute on Thanksgiving night, 16-year-old MaKaylah Edwards of Riverdale, Georgia, was killed by her father in a murder-suicide. The events unfolded on November 24, 2022, after Clayton County police were asked to perform a welfare check following a domestic incident in a nearby jurisdiction.

Officers located the vehicle belonging to Ma'Kaylah's father, Lionel Edwards, and a police chase ensued. The pursuit ended in a cul-de-sac in Riverdale when L ...
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